Astrology, Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1500, Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1500, Incunabula, Incunabula--Specimens, BF1714.A6 A28 1500
Bound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian... Show moreBound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian mathematician and astronomer whose works exercised a profound influence upon the medieval world view in the occident. His "Flores" are probably extracted from "De magnis coniunctionibus" (cf. DSB I, 35, 1); according to Houzeau/Lancaster, no Arabic original text or manuscript is known. The woodcuts show allegories of the planets and the zodiac, illustrating this astrological florilegium. - First 3 ff. show a faint brownstain; otherwise only very insignificantly browned. A very clean, crisp copy in a beautifully restrained modern binding by Philippe Belz, who took over the Niedrée shop in 1860 and retired in 1880. Main Heritage Vault BF1714.A6 A28 1500 Book Item-ID: i16587844 BIB-ID: 1494557 Also available online. Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, R125.3.A8 B46 1549
Omnia nunc postremùm diligentiori cura recognita & castigata. Edited by Marcus Hopper. Printer's name and date of publication from colophon: ... Show moreOmnia nunc postremùm diligentiori cura recognita & castigata. Edited by Marcus Hopper. Printer's name and date of publication from colophon: "Basileae per Henrichum Pppetri, Mense Augusto, Anno M.D.XLIX". Woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf. Woodcut historiated initials; marginal notes. Main Heritage Shelves General R125.3.A8 B46 1549 Book Item-ID: i10064850 BIB-ID: 1008121 Includes index at front. Show less
AVICENNA. Flores [colophon:] Lyons, Claude Davot for Barthelemi Trot, 1508. Small 8vo, 1l (bin.) + 1(t) + 1 + 2 (contents) + 332 + 1 + 1l (bin.),... Show moreAVICENNA. Flores [colophon:] Lyons, Claude Davot for Barthelemi Trot, 1508. Small 8vo, 1l (bin.) + 1(t) + 1 + 2 (contents) + 332 + 1 + 1l (bin.), with woodcut initials to each book, rubricated in red; modern brown morocco. First edition of this epitome of the Canon, edited by Michael de Capella, printed for Barthelemi Trot in Lyons (a second appeared in 1514, printed by Gillbert de Villiers, a third by the same printer with additions in 1528). This edition is rare: not in Baudrier. Little is known of Capella. His first book was an edition of Gilbertus Anglicanus, 1510. He also published an epitome of Haly Abbas in 1523. Adams A2319; Durling 411; IA 110.583; not in the British Library, not in Wellcome. Initials. Edited by Michael de Capella. Main Heritage Shelves General R128.3.A97 F56 1508 Book Item-ID: i10092572 BIB-ID: 1010893 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1495
Johannes Mesue. Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf... Show moreJohannes Mesue. Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Printer's device on recto of last leaf. Capital spaces with guide letters. Signatures: A⁸ b-z⁸ [et ]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ 2a-2p⁸ chi2 Main Heritage Vault RS79 .I266 1495 Book Item-ID: i10036957 BIB-ID: 1005498 Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1700, RS79 .B37 1496
Text in two columns. Woodcut in initial letters Registrum at colophon Main Heritage Vault RS79 .B37 1496 Book Item-ID: i22819460 BIB-ID: 2427927 Show moreText in two columns. Woodcut in initial letters Registrum at colophon Main Heritage Vault RS79 .B37 1496 Book Item-ID: i22819460 BIB-ID: 2427927 Show less
Feurebach, Anselm Friedrich , 1829-1880, ND588.F4 B63 1829
Enrico Bodmer. Main Heritage Shelves General ND588.F4 B63 1829 Book Item-ID: i10091762 BIB-ID: 1010812 Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiii). Show moreEnrico Bodmer. Main Heritage Shelves General ND588.F4 B63 1829 Book Item-ID: i10091762 BIB-ID: 1010812 Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiii). Show less
Biblical geography Relief shown pictorially Rare 2-sheet modern map of the Holy Land, which appeared in the Bernard Venetus de Vitalibus' ed. of the... Show moreBiblical geography Relief shown pictorially Rare 2-sheet modern map of the Holy Land, which appeared in the Bernard Venetus de Vitalibus' ed. of the Rome edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. The map is oriented with east at the top and shows the whole of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, divided into the 12 tribes. The Mediterranean Coastline runs from Sidon to Gaza. The Jordan River in its wide meanderings is shown in a thin line. The map is based upon a modern map by Petrus Vesconte, published in manuscript form by Marino Sanuto, ca. 1320, and updated by Donnus Nicholaus Germanaus in 1482. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00746 Print Map Item-ID: i11402088 BIB-ID: 1172551 Show less
